News
Here you'll find news - in date order - about the changes to this site. That may be related to either content, functionality or cosmetics.
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June 13, 2006
Content changes: Various maintenance updates only.
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March 19, 2004
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS-POEMS:
Added some pages with poem titles and references to location and date published.
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March 17, 2004
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS-POEMS:
Added some pages with poem titles and references to location and date published.
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February 8, 2004
Functionality change:
Due to the overwhelming number of requests for publication of Berton Braley's works, we have created a temporary 'copyright permission request form' until the definite design and procedure have been finalized.
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July 5, 2003
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS-POEMS:
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May 31, 2003
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/ANTHOLOGIES:
Added new anthology title.
3) BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS-POEMS:
Added some pages with poem titles and references to location and date published.
Cosmetic changes:
Again I modified many more pages with to manage the tables of bibliographic references (like magazines, books etc) more efficiently and to make them better readable, a more condensed table format is being slowly introduced. It will also allow for adding references to those magazines which I'm sure that NO Braley work would be present, something that avoids unnecessary searches.
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May 26, 2003
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Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/ANTHOLOGIES:
Added new anthology title for booklet ' Silent Thoughts ' from 1931 with Braley's poem " The Thinker ".
3) BIBLIOGRAPHY/EPHEMERA:
Added various new ephemera title for recently acquired program brochure copy of first and only Broadway appearance of musical Too-Toot in 1914.
4) BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS-POEMS:
Added some pages with poem titles and references to location and date published.
Cosmetic changes:
Again I modified many more pages with to manage the tables of bibliographic references (like magazines, books etc) more efficiently and to make them better readable, a more condensed table format is being slowly introduced. It will also allow for adding references to those magazines which I'm sure that NO Braley work would be present, something that avoids unnecessary searches.
Functionality change:
In order to help frequent visitors be kept up to date on changes to their favorite site, I made such a 'change alert service' available on the main pages and it is called 'changedetection.com' . It allows visitors to eneter their email address so theiy get alerted when I change this site.
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March 2, 2003
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/ANTHOLOGIES:
Added a few new found books.
3) BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS-POEMS:
Added some pages with poem titles and references to location and date published.
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February 28, 2003
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/EPHEMERA:
Also fixed various broken links to full text of poems.
3) BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS-POEMS:
Added some pages with poem titles and references to location and date published.
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February 22, 2003
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/EPHEMERA:
Also fixed various broken links to full text of poems.
3) BIBLIOGRAPHY/BOOKS or MUSIC SHEETS:
Also added more images of books and music sheets.
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February 8, 2003
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
Also fixed various broken links to full text of poems.
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January 30, 2003
Content changes:
1) MARKET/FOR SALE
Updated items for sale.
2) MARKET/RECENT PRICES
Updated recently sold items.
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January 22, 2003
Cosmetic change:
Again I modified many more pages with to manage the tables of bibliographic references (like magazines, books etc) more efficiently and to make them better readable, a more condensed table format is being slowly introduced. It will also allow for adding references to those magazines which I'm sure that NO Braley work would be present, something that avoids unnecessary searches.
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January 18, 2003
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
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December 30, 2002
Content changes:
1) WORKS/POEMS:
Added full text of following poem(s):
2) LATEST STATISTICS:
Added new statistics group 'BB Poem full text added' to show the number of full text poems that are now available and those that are added each time.
3) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
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December 28, 2002
Content changes:
1) WORKS/POEMS
Added pages for each poem (200 in total) found in the book 'Hurdy-Hurdy' on Olympus' and linked them to the index of poem titles. Many are still without the actual text, so 'under construction' since it is a major undertaking and there are also poems that cannot be added yet due to copyright constraints.
The pages for the poems in the other books published by Braley will be added next.
The purpose of this exercise is to make it easy for researchers to already determine where and when a poem was published, a frequently returning question in these days of increased republication of Braley's poems. It will facilitate copyright research a bit.
Cosmetic change:
Again I modified many more pages with to manage the tables of bibliographic references (like magazines, books etc) more efficiently and to make them better readable, a more condensed table format is being slowly introduced. It will also allow for adding references to those magazines which I'm sure that NO Braley work would be present, something that avoids unnecessary searches.
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December 21, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS
- Added new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still some more are being added in coming weeks.
- Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
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November 30, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
- Added new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still some more are being added in coming weeks.
- Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
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November 3, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
- Added new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still some more are being added in coming weeks.
- Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) WORKS/POEMS:
Added full text of following poem(s):
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August 18, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
- Added new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still some more are being added in coming weeks.
- Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
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July 4, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
- Added new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still some more are being added in coming weeks.
- Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
Cosmetic change:
To manage the tables of bibliographic references (like magazines, books etc) more efficiently and to make them better readable, a more condensed table format is being slowly introduced. It will also allow for adding references to those magazines which I'm sure that NO Braley work would be present, something that avoids unnecessary searches.
Pages that already show this new design are:
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June 15, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still some more are being added in coming weeks.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
3) WORKS/POEMS:
Added full text of following poem(s):
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June 8, 2002
Organizational change:
After having spoken with various Berton Braley admirers about setting up a Berton Braley Foundation to preserve his work and promote his poetic techniques to be perpetuated by others, I am now making a first step towards this goal.
The steps to achieve this, are specified at the new page ABOUT FOUNDATION. Eventually the Foundation will get its own site at www.bertonbraley.org
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June 1, 2002
Content changes:
1) WORKS/POEMS:
Added full text of following poem(s):
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May 8, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still some more are being added in coming weeks.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
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May 5, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still some more are being added in coming weeks.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
3) WORKS/SONGS:
Added various new song titles and references to the music sheets they were found in.
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May 4, 2002
Provider change:
We moved the Berton Braley Cyber Museum to a different Internet Service Provider. Our old service provider was planning to charge us a fee for their service without greatly improving it. Our new provider also charges a fee, but, in exchange, offers great benefits like more space, more bandwidth, database functionality, visibility of our own domain name etc.
The advantages for you are NO more ads! And many more to come......................
PS
You may encounter some minor bugs during the first week of this move, but all will be fine afterwards.
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April 25, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
- Added new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still some more are being added in coming weeks.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
3) WORKS/POEMS:
Added full text of following poem(s):
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March 30, 2002
Content changes:
1) COPYRIGHT:
- There have recently been changes to the copyright laws. These have been incorporated in the 'copyright' page. Meanwhile I'm busy adapting the content of this site wherever this is affected by those changes.
- There is more clarity now about who retained Berton Braley's copyright, being his grandchildren. This change of information is now reflected on the 'copyright' page. I'm researching how this will affect the content as well.
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March 25, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
- Added new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still some more are being added in coming weeks.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
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March 16, 2002
Content changes:
1) NEWS:
Added new 'Latest statistics' view in left column.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
3) WORKS/POEMS: Added full text of following poem(s):
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March 14, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added a new source for magazine titles and various new magazine titles, poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/EPHEMERA:
Added various new book titles and poem titles from books that were purchased, as well as mentions of Berton Braley in those books.
3) WORKS/POEMS: Added full text of following poem(s):
4) WORKS/SONGS: Added reference to following song(s):
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March 11, 2002
Content changes:
1) WORKS/POEMS: Added full text of following poem(s):
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March 9, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
- Added new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still a few hundred more are being added in coming weeks.
- Added various new magazine titles and poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found.
2) WORKS/POEMS: Added full text of following poem(s):
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March 2, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
- Added new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still a few hundred more are being added in coming weeks.
- Added various new magazine titles and poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) WORKS/POEMS: Added full text of following poem(s):
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March 1, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
- Added new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still a few hundred more are being added in coming weeks.
- Added various new magazine titles and poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) WORKS/POEMS: Added full text of following poem(s):
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February 23, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
- Added over new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still a few hundred more are being added in coming weeks.
- Added various new magazine titles and poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
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February 19, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
- Added over 40 new magazine titles, poem titles and references from the Readers' Guide Of Periodical Literature (1890-present). Still a few hundred more are being added in coming weeks.
- Added various new magazine titles and poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) WORKS/POEMS: Added full text of following poem(s):
3) WORKS/LIMERICKS: Added full text of following limericks:
Functionality changes:
Added MIND-IT button on home page as well as bibliography page. That way visitors can opt-in to get e-mail alerts when the site/page gets updated.
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February 13, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
- Added various new magazine titles and poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) WORKS/POEMS: Added full text of following poems:
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February 9, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles and poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) BIOGRAPHY:
Added link 'His family' which proceeds to the genealogical site with information about his ancestors and his direct family.
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January 27, 2002
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles and poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
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December 27, 2001
Content changes:
1) POEMS: Added full text of following poems:
2) GENERAL: Due to the increase in spam, the e-mail address was changed and it was added to most pages under the link 'Contact Webmaster' at the bottom of each page.
Cosmetic change:
The style of the poems was changed.
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December 23, 2001
Content changes:
1) POEMS: Added full text of following poems:
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December 16, 2001
Content changes:
1) POEMS: Added full text of following poems:
" K.P. " - A Training Camp Ballad (with apologies to Bill Leonard) from: Songs Of The Training Camps (Officers Training School)
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new magazine titles and poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
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December 6, 2001
Content changes:
1) WORKS/POEMS: Added full text of following poems:
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS:
Added various new poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
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December 2, 2001
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS/POEMS+ANTHOLOGIES:
- Added 16 new poem titles from recently acquired anthology booklet published by " Coal Magazine " with title " Ballads Of Coal Mining " : with almost exclusively poems (soon to be posted with full text) by Braley! Although I'm not certain yet, these may be his earliest works, the Mining Camp Ballads , which he wrote after his experience of working in the mines in Butte.
- Added various new poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
- Acquired very early 20 Puck magazine poems (soon to be posted with full text)
2) WORKS/STORIES: Added a few new short story titles and references to the magazines the stories were found in.
4) BIBLIOGRAPHY/EPHEMERA: Added reference to newly found framed lithograph by Buckbee Brehm
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November 17, 2001
Content changes:
1) WORKS/POEMS: Added various new poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) WORKS/STORIES: Added a new short story title and references to the magazine the story was found in.
3) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS: Added various magazine editions with work by Braley
4) BIOGRAPHY/HIS PICTURES: Added references to 2 new photos found of Berton Braley in magazines
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October 21, 2001
Content changes:
1) WORKS/POEMS: Added various new poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) WORKS/STORIES: Added various new short story titles and references to the magazines the stories were found in.
3) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS: Added various magazine editions with work by Braley
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October 6, 2001
Content changes:
1) WORKS/POEMS: Added various new poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) WORKS/STORIES: Added various new short story titles and references to the magazines the stories were found in.
3) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS: Added various magazine editions with work by Braley
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September 9, 2001
Content changes:
1) WORKS/POEMS: Added various new poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS: Added various magazine titles
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August 26, 2001
Content changes:
1) WORKS/POEMS: Added various new poem titles and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/MAGAZINES-NEWSPAPERS: Added various magazine titles
3) WORKS/STORIES: Added various new story titles.
4) BIOGRAPHY: Added map link to Braley House address mention.
Functionality change:
2) LESSONS IN WRITING BETTER POETRY: This is a new section that will provide you full insight in the techniques that Berton Braley and his 'teacher' Tom Hood suggest to use.
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August 18, 2001
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS: Added various new poem titles, a music sheet and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) POEMS: Added full text of following poems:
Functionality change:
A poem counter was added on the "Poems" page of the "Works Section" to reflect the regularly updated count of all poems found. We started with a count of well over 500!
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August 6, 2001
Content changes:
1) BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS: Added various new poem titles, a music sheet and references to the magazines the poems were found in.
2) MARKET/FOR SALE: Marked 3 items as sold and added a title for sale.
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July 28, 2001
Content changes:
1) POEMS: Added full text of following poems:
2) BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS: Added various new poem titles and references to the magazines they were found in.
Functionality change:
ANTHOLOGIES: Moved sub-section "Anthologies" that was previously under "Books" to its own separate page
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July 4, 2001
Content change:
POEMS: Added full text of following poems:
- "B" division - from: Songs Of The Training Camps (Officers Training School)
- Erie (from: Songs Of The Great Lakes)
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June 30, 2001
Content change:
1) POEMS: Added full text of following poems:
2) TITLES AND KEYWORDS WEB PAGES: Added over 200 titles and keywords for easier searching through web site search engine as well as universal search engines. Another 600 or so pages still need this treatment.
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June 25, 2001
Content change:
1) MAGAZINE TITLES: Added Argosy Magazine, Linotype Bulletin, Popular Stories, New York Times, Good Housekeeping, The Oilpull Magazine
2) SOURCE REFERENCES: Added all "Published in" references at bottom of each poem
3) POEM TITLES: Song Of The Restless
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June 13, 2001
Content change:
2) A MAIDEN EFFORT: The full text of an autobiographical article by Braley in a compilation called " My Maiden Effort " was added. It describes his first and second publications at age 11 and age 18.
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June 5-6, 2001
Content change:
1) COPYRIGHTS: Expanded the section on copyrights and added copyright notices with links to all site pages.
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May 26, 2001
Content change:
1) NEWS!: To offer a rapid, time saving, overview of all recent changes I added this page called " News! ".
2) LINKS TO PUBLICATIONS: For work by Berton Braley I'm adding links to the publication where it appeared. Where it is clear who owns or owned the copyright of that work I also mention that. You may usually find this link at the bottom of a work under the header " First published in: "
3) SIGNATURES: For those who want to see samples of Berton Braley's signature and handwriting, check out " His Signatures " under " Biography "
4) NEWLY ACQUIRED WORKS: Again I was able to purchase some interesting Berton Braley works and/or ephemera:
Functionality changes:
1) SEARCH ENGINE: To facility searching this huge resource on Berton Braley, I have added a search engine. It will spider the site every Monday so that you can then look for the newest additions. It may take a day or so before the site is spidered completely (that means that it has then finished creating the necessary index). Check out the option: " Search "
2) CHAT ROOM/BULLETIN BOARD: Another improvement is the chat room/bulletin board which I added. It offers you free communication with Berton Braley aficionados and you can also consider using it for finding those Berton Braley items that you have been looking for so long. Check out the option: "Meeting place "
Cosmetic change:
STYLE SITE: I changed the basic design of the site and chose a warmer color combination to reflect more the happy style that Berton Braley's poems often have.
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